Beard Islands

Beard Islands (51˚59'00" 128˚16'00" In Queens Sd, NW of Hunter I, S of Bella Bella). Named in 1944 after Cdr Charles Taschereau Beard (1890–1950), who was born at Ottawa and began his long naval career, during which he served on 30 different ships, in Britain. He joined the RCN in 1910 and by 1922 was senior naval officer at Esquimalt. In 1940 he came out of retirement to command HMCS Prince Robert, a former passenger vessel converted to an auxiliary cruiser, and captured the German...

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